BMY vs. ITH, HCM, GRI, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, GPH, and IGC
Should you be buying Bloomsbury Publishing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomsbury Publishing include Ithaca Energy (ITH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Grainger (GRI), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Global Ports (GPH), and India Capital Growth (IGC). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Bloomsbury Publishing vs.
Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.0%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ithaca Energy pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Ithaca Energy's net margin of 8.45%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 16.55% beat Ithaca Energy's return on equity.
Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Bloomsbury Publishing. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bloomsbury Publishing received 251 more outperform votes than Ithaca Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Ithaca Energy an outperform vote.
Bloomsbury Publishing presently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 25.76%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Bloomsbury Publishing's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bloomsbury Publishing beats Ithaca Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BMY) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff